The Effectiveness of Mutual Behavior Analysis on Self-Differentiation and Marital Conflict of Women Referred to Family Counseling Centers

Zahra Badr¹

1) 1- Master of Personality Psychology, Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Ashtian Branch, Iran.

IOI Code : XDKB-FGGKH
Publication : 1St National Conference on Social and Psychological Injuries with Emphasis on Behavioral Sciences(psysconf.ir/1st)
Abstract :
    In recent years, the observation of statistical reports on the increasing rate of divorce in Iran, has led to more studies to address the underlying factors for the occurrence of this phenomenon. One of the topics that has recently been considered by researchers is the role and impact of the interaction behavior analysis approach. Accordingly, the present study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of behavioral analysis on self-differentiation and marital conflicts of women referring to family counseling centers. This research was a descriptive (quasi-experimental) study that was performed by pretest-posttest method with a control group and by random assignment and follow-up. The statistical population consisted of married women referring to counseling and health centers in Karaj in 1399. The sample size in the sufficient and insufficient experimental research was calculated using Cohen s table with an effect size of 14 and a power of 0.8 for two groups of 30 people. The sample was randomly divided into experimental and control groups, of which 15 were experimental and 15 were control. In this study, the experimental group received interventions related to the interaction analysis method during 10 one-hour sessions in two sessions per week for 2 months. While the control group did not receive these interventions during the research process. The results of multivariate analysis of covariance showed that interaction training significantly reduces marital conflict and self-differentiation (P <0.05).

Keywords : analysis of mutual behavior self differentiation marital conflicts